Originally Posted by
jamesfpb
I have Lutron Homeworks controlling 3 electrical heaters that draw a lot of power........and a backup generator connected via a manual transfer switch which is sufficient to run the whole house without the heaters and without major appliances The generator is protected from overload via circuit breakers as well as its own cutout.My issue is that whenever the house regains power after an outage, the heaters come on for a couple of minutes till Lutron fully back up and running (at which point they do turn off). Unfortunately the draw from the heaters during this initial period is too much for the generator and its circuit breaker rightly opens shutting down the house all over again.Is there a way to stop Lutron from turning on these heaters during power up?They are configured on one of my RPMs as Inc/Halogen Switched loads.(There is a backup option to manually turn off the heaters by their breakers before engaging generator supply but the transfer switch and generator are not convenient for the necessary circuit breakers to do this so it would be a very unwelcome procedural complication. I am entirely comfortable with knowing we can't turn on any larger load appliances in the house while the generator is running. A larger generator is not an option given space and noise constraints.)Thanks in advance for any suggestions.